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Out with the ordinary. In with the innovative. Today’s  wedding c akes are masterpieces of c ollaboration between cake virtuosos and bridal clients who want their cakes to represent who they are. “Individuality is huge right now,” says Anne Walsh, marketing director and manager of Frederick’s Pastries in North Andover. She credits the trend to social media websites such as Pinterest – where a future bride and groom can view wedding cakes from around the  world —and wedding planning sites such as The Knot and WeddingWire, and television shows such as TLC’s “Cake Boss” and Food Network’s “Ace of Cakes” where extravagant, one-of-a-kind cakes are the norm. The secret of local cake aces? It’s not work (or so they say). It’s play. “We do lots of fun stuff here,” says Erin Erler, owner of Cakes by Erin in Haverhill. A self-taught cake artist, her whimsical, nut-free cakes have appeared on Food Network. She smiles as she describes a groom’s cake she is creating for a couple who both adore “Portal,” the online video game. “The bride’s goal,” says Erler, “is to be able to look through the groom’s cake — which is 16-inches square and 2 feet high – and see around the corner, periscope style.”  Anything goes a s long as it makes sense to bride and groom. If they enjoy riding Harley-Davidsons, a dark chocolate motorcycle-themed groom’s cake – surrounded  with sugary resemblances of Harley-Davidson toys – a nd enveloped in black, orange and white icing, is sure to please. On the other hand, if bridesmaids are wearing black dresses with red accents, think ebony-colored buttercream frosting with rose fondant accents – covering layers of red velvet, German chocolate and vanilla cake. If bride and groom are sailing to a tropical paradise, envision mango and Mediterranean blue Anthuriums (Calla-Lily like flowers) climbing to greet the bride who has been put on a pedestal by her groom. A navy ribbon encircles layers of French vanilla cake with pineapple filling. And featureless faces may represent the universality of love. “For our wedding,” says Maria (Maya) Medalla, of Cambridge, “my husband (Andre Ochoa) and I wanted to embody our fun and youthful personalities and merge our geeky interests. We had designed caricatures of ourselves in Japanese cartoon and comic art style and were hoping to incorporate this into our wedding cake. “ Enter cake wizard Rowena Sy-Santos, owner of Kéyks in Chelmsford, who welcomed the challenge. She re-created their caricatures and a logo they had made of their names together (“Mayandre” for “Maya and Andre”)  which she integrated into the cyan blue icing covering the layers of chocolate and carrot cake. She then topped the cake was a thick ribbon of chocolate which highlighted the orange, blue and brown color scheme. “Importantly,” adds Medalla, “We also wanted a sprinkling of white daisies in the design around the second layer to remind us of a (humorous) story about the first and last time my husband gave me flowers.” Photo captions go here. Photo captions go here. Photo captions go here. Photo captions go here. Photo captions go here. Photo captions go here. Photo captions go here. Photo captions go here. Photo captions go here. Photo captions go here. Photo captions go here. Photo captions go here. Photo captions go here. Photo captions go here. Photo captions go here. Photo captions go here. Photo captions go here. Photo captions go here. Photo captions go here. Photo captions go here. Photo captions go here. Photo captions go here. Photo captions go here. Photo captions go here. Photo captions go here. Photo captions go here. Photo captions go here. every cake tells a story: custom wedding cakes are as unique as the couples that create them by Bonnie W. Mason  ja nu ar y l february 2013 me r r i ma ck val l ey ma ga zi ne me r r i mac k va l l e y magazi ne 78 79  ja nu ar y l february 2013   Brid al Gui de 

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Out with the ordinary. In with the innovative. Today’s

 wedding c akes are masterpieces of c ollaboration between

cake virtuosos and bridal clients who want their cakes to

represent who they are.

“Individuality is huge right now,” says Anne Walsh,

marketing director and manager of Frederick’s Pastries

in North Andover. She credits the trend to social

media websites such as Pinterest – where a future bride

and groom can view wedding cakes from around the

 world —and wedding planning sites such as The Knotand WeddingWire, and television shows such as TLC’s

“Cake Boss” and Food Network’s “Ace of Cakes” where

extravagant, one-of-a-kind cakes are the norm.

The secret of local cake aces? It’s not work (or so they 

say). It’s play. “We do lots of fun stuff here,” says Erin

Erler, owner of Cakes by Erin in Haverhill. A self-taught

cake artist, her whimsical, nut-free cakes have appeared

on Food Network. She smiles as she describes a groom’s

cake she is creating for a couple who both adore “Portal,”

the online video game. “The bride’s goal,” says Erler, “is

to be able to look through the groom’s cake — which is

16-inches square and 2 feet high – and see around the

corner, periscope style.”

 Anything goes a s long as it makes sense to bride and

groom. If they enjoy riding Harley-Davidsons, a dark 

chocolate motorcycle-themed groom’s cake

 with sugary resemblances of Harley-Davidso

enveloped in black, orange and white icin

please.

On the other hand, if bridesmaids are w

dresses with red accents, think ebony-colored

frosting with rose fondant accents – covering

velvet, German chocolate and vanilla cake.

If bride and groom are sailing to a trop

envision mango and Mediterranean blue

(Calla-Lily like flowers) climbing to greet t

has been put on a pedestal by her groom. A

encircles layers of French vanilla cake wifilling. And featureless faces may represent th

of love.

“For our wedding,” says Maria (Maya)

Cambridge, “my husband (Andre Ochoa) and

embody our fun and youthful personalities a

geeky interests. We had designed caricature

in Japanese cartoon and comic art style and

to incorporate this into our wedding cake. “

Enter cake wizard Rowena Sy-Santo

Kéyks in Chelmsford, who welcomed the ch

re-created their caricatures and a logo they

their names together (“Mayandre” for “Maya

 which she integrated into the cyan blue icing

layers of chocolate and carrot cake. She the

cake was a thick ribbon of chocolate whic

the orange, blue and brown color scheme.“Importantly,” adds Medalla, “We al

sprinkling of white daisies in the design

second layer to remind us of a (humorous) sto

first and last time my husband gave me flowe

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every caketells a story:custom wedding cakesare as unique as the

couples that create them

by Bonnie W. Mason

 ja nu ar y l f e b r u a r y 2 0 1 3 m e r r i m a c k v a l l e y m a g a z i n e m e r r i m a c k v a l l e y m a g a z i n e78

  Bridal Guide 

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Every cake tells a different story, of course. And sometimes

the bride or groom fashions it. One local groom, for example,

envisioned a cake topper of two hikers with backpacks to

symbolize his active outdoor life with his future wife.

 With the helpful encourage ment of cake artisa n, Lina 

Hunter of Cakes by Design in North Andover, he sculpted

the hikers out of modeling clay and painted them with food

coloring.

Then Hunter decorated the smooth white three-layer cake

 with lavender-colored wild flowers and spring-green vines. Inside

 were th ree f lavors: chocolate ganache, marble with heath bars,

and plain-vanilla, all united with a strawberry filling. (Yum!)

He is not the only groom to get involved with cake design, of 

course. When Cammi Valdez met her future husband, Clayton

Mathews, both of Boston, on Match.com in 2010, she was a 

graduate student at Harvard working on a Ph.D. in Biological

and Biomedical Sciences and he was a professional violinist.

Soon they were dancing to the lyrics of Elvis Presley’s “Can’t

Help Falling in Love with You.” And fall in love, they did. “It

became our song,” says Valdez.

“We’re complete opposites,” says Valdez, “and the contrast

is refreshing.” So when they decided to marry, they wanted the

cake to celebrate who they were as a couple.

To do this, they commissioned Kéyks for two cakes, one

4-foot long cake in the shape of an “H” for Harvard, and a 

groom’s cake, a carrot cake, with cheesecake filling, in the shape

of a violin -- which ended up looking real enough to play –

 with edible sheet music. “Clayton made sheet music with lyrics

and notes on his computer and sent it to Rowena to copy,”

explains Valdez.

The music was the first dance song at their wedding. And

they’ve been dancing to it ever since. Valdez says, “Sometimes

 we just sing the song a loud to each other in our living room

and we dance to it.”

Frederick’s Pastries

North Andover, Mass.

(978) 208-7806

Pastry.net

Cakes by Erin

Haverhill, Mass.

(978) 469-9136

CakesByErin.com

Kékys

Chelmsford, Mass.

(617) 855-KEYK 

KeykGirl.com

Cakes by Design

North Andover, Mass.

(978) 975-8877CakesByDesignEdibleArt.com

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  Bridal Guide